This is an analysis of the poem Try, Maybe And If that begins with:
Try, maybe and if.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXc deXfc fedXcXX ebbaf X XXbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 111101 10001 11010010100 01100010 10010001001 1101100010 010100101 011001001001 01001001010 01111 01100010 1010101 11010100 01010011101 010100001 10101011 010010101010 1001011 11010101 010101100000 101000011010 10001111 11 110011 100000111010 0111 0111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it are repeated.
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